This book provides an overview of recent developments in experiments probing the fractional
quantum Hall (FQH) states of the second Landau level especially the nu=5 2 state. It
summarizes the state-of-the-art understanding of these FQH states. It furthermore describes how
the properties of the FQH states can be probed experimentally by investigating tunneling and
confinement properties. The progress towards the realization of an experiment allowing to
probe the potentially non-Abelian statistics of the quasiparticle excitations at nu=5 2 is
discussed. The book is intended as a reference for graduate students PostDocs and researchers
starting in the field. The experimental part of this book gives practical advice for solving
the experimental challenges which researchers studying highly fragile FQH states are faced
with.
